UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. In pursuance of the provisions of the Constitution and the Laws of the State of. Vermont, the members of the House of Representatives convened in the State House, in Montpelier, on the first Wednesday, being the fifth day, of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy. At ten o'clock in the forenoon, Hon. GEORGE NICHOLS, Secretary of State, called the House to order, when Prayer was offered by Rev. RICHARD MORGAN of Northfield. The names of the members who had presented their credentials were called; whereupon it appeared that the following named members were present, who were duly sworn and took their seats, to wit: |